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Blog: Teaching Roman Daily Life Through Animation: Spotlight on Ray Laurence
In order to prepare for the SCS’s upcoming sesquicentennial at the annual meeting in San Diego from January 3-6, 2019, the SCS blog is highlighting panels, keynotes, and workshops from the schedule. Today we highlight the Animated Antiquity: A Showcase of Cartoon Representations of Ancient Greece and Rome workshop by interviewing Ray Laurence (Macquarie University) about his work using animation to teach Roman daily life.
Cartoons and Animated Films written by Ray Laurence: A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome |
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Blog: What Is "The West"? Addressing The Controversy Over HUM110 at Reed College
In April, Reed College Read more … |
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Blog: Anno Domini: Computational Analysis, Antisemitism, and the Early Christian Debate Over Easter
In the 6th century CE, a Scythian monk named Dionysius Exiguus was sent to Rome. Dionysius may have taken the monastic nickname of "the small" (exiguus), but his humility sheathed both his incredible abilities as a translator of Greek and Latin and his mathematical skills. He wrote and translated numerous saints lives, transcribed debates on heresies, and was known for his work with canon law. However, what Dionysius would be remembered for was his modifications to the dating system used within the Church and his attempts to use tables, called a computus, in order to track the date of Easter. As classicists such as Michele Salzman have shown, calendars have long allowed for the organization and creation of cultural memories. They are also tools of transition. Whether we are discussing the institution of the Julian calendar or the early Christian one, the structuring of Read more … |
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Blog: Mapping and Teaching the Classical World
In Roman Gaul, a large map of the known world stood on display at the school of rhetoric at Augustodunum (modern Autun). Around 300 C.E., when the school had fallen into disrepair, a man named Eumenius made a pitch to the Roman governor to allow him to rebuild the structure with his own money. He put particular emphasis on the importance of the map: "In [the school’s] porticoes let the young men see and examine daily every land and all the seas and whatever cities, peoples, nations, our most invincible rulers either restore by affection or conquer by valor or restrain by fear. [They can] learn more clearly with their eyes what they comprehend less readily by their ears…" (Eum. Pan. Lat. XI.20, trans. Talbert). It was as clear to Eumenius as it is to modern teachers that students respond well to visual aids. Then as now, students more easily understand the world, their studies, and their place Read more … |